An Upstate man was arrested after he robbed four people at gunpoint whom he met on the website letgo, Spartanburg County deputies said.

Dashon Antwon Pitts, 21, faces several charges including armed robbery, according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center website.

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Deputies said the first incident happened Saturday on Wade Hampton Boulevard. A woman told deputies that she had been talking to Pitts on letgo about selling him her cellphone, according to an incident report. The report said when the woman met Pitts he grabbed the phone and pointed a small black gun at her. It said Pitts told the woman to get out of the car but she shut the door and drove away. The woman was able to provide authorities with the license plate number of the car Pitts was driving, the report said.

The second robbery happened Monday in the Fred’s parking lot in Lyman, police said. A police report said a couple met Pitts to trade a cellphone for another cellphone and an Xbox. They told police they had been talking to Pitts on the website letgo. The report said when the couple met Pitts, he looked at the phone and walked away. When he came back he pulled out a gun and told them to back up, the report said. They said Pitts got into his car and drove away. The couple followed Pitts but lost sight of him, the report said. The couple provided police with the same license plate as the other victim.

Police in Spartanburg said Pitts robbed a man at gunpoint around noon Saturday in the Spinx parking lot on W.O. Ezell Boulevard. A report said a man met Pitts to sell him a pair of shoes and Pitts pulled out a gun and left with the shoes. The victim told police Pitts put the gun against his stomach, the report said. Police said they found an ID card for Pitts on the ground. When he was shown the ID, the victim confirmed Pitts was the man who robbed him, the report said.

Pitts was arrested on Saturday afternoon after a Wellford police officer recognized the license plate as the one involved in the robberies, according to a police report. The report said the officer found a bag of marijuana and a gun on Pitts during his arrest. It said the gun was reported stolen in Greer.

The report said the driver of the car Pitts was in admitted smoking marijuana in the vehicle and was charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.